History DysfunctionJunction / WebOriginal

*** Additionally, Qrow is an alcoholic who can't be around people because of his Semblance.

** ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'': Oh, where to start? Practically everyone on the server is traumatized in one way or another, whether by wars, betrayal, amnesia (in one way or another), abuse, toxic relationships, torture, deaths, etc. In fact, it's easier to list the perspective characters who ''are'' relatively well-adjusted and mentally healthy within the CrapsackWorld the roleplay series takes place in -- and that would be the characters who are either new to the server lore or otherwise mostly uninvolved in it. For reference, the series is infamous in the greater Minecraft roleplay community for its bleak plotlines and requiring every other content warning in the book, which really says something about the server with at least three suicidal characters.

** ''WebVideo/WitchCraftSMP'': Among the eight Witches recruited for the competition, only Tiff and Shelby seem to be in any relatively healthy state of mind. As for everyone else, Joey and Pris were kicked out of their homes for not living up to their family's and/or community's expectations (with Pris holding the additional baggage of [[spoiler:being born to be a ReplacementGoldfish for her late "golden child" of an older sister]]), El and Lauren had a FriendlessBackground from their respective upbringings, Scott is bereaving his way into a corruption arc and was [[spoiler:questionably suicidal from grief]], and Cleo has the memories of countless lifetimes, [[spoiler:several of which involve {{Deadly Game}}s.]] Even then, [[WebVideo/EmpiresSMP supplementary material]] reveals that Shelby herself had [[CharacterOverlap quite the colourful past]] as [[spoiler:an ex-outlaw who was briefly possessed by a malevolent Fog fueled by thousands of restless souls]].[[note]]Same content creator/actor as the Scott from Empires, but different character.[[/note]]

* [[https://storygirl000.tumblr.com/post/639322289647779840/translation-person-behind-camera-knock-down-one This]] video on Website/TikTok (reposted on Tumblr) lampshades how ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' uses the trope. Two people are playing a game of "Guess Who" with characters from the show; one of them asks if the character in question has mental stability, the other says "yes", and the first person immediately slaps down nearly all their cards and (correctly) guesses that it's [[TeamPet Momo]].

** The ''LetsPlay/EmpiresSMP'' is considerably more lighthearted than the ''Dream SMP'', but it doesn't stop the dark plotlines either.

** ''WebVideo/WitchCraftSMP'': Among the eight Witches recruited for the competition, only Tiff and Shelby seem to be in any relatively healthy state of mind. As for everyone else, Joey and Pris were kicked out of their homes for not living up to their family's and/or community's expectations (with Pris holding the additional baggage of [[spoiler:being born to be a ReplacementGoldfish for her late "golden child" of an older sister]]), El and Lauren had a FriendlessBackground from their respective upbringings, Scott is bereaving his way into a corruption arc and was [[spoiler:questionably suicidal from grief]], and Cleo has the memories of countless lifetimes, [[spoiler:several of which involve {{Deadly Game}}s.]] Even then, [[LetsPlay/EmpiresSMP supplementary material]] reveals that Shelby herself had [[CharacterOverlap quite the colourful past]] as [[spoiler:an ex-outlaw who was briefly possessed by a malevolent Fog fueled by thousands of restless souls]].[[note]]Same content creator/actor as the Scott from Empires, but different character.[[/note]]

** ''LetsPlay/WitchCraftSMP'': Among the eight Witches recruited for the competition, only Tiff and Shelby seem to be in any relatively healthy state of mind. As for everyone else, Joey and Pris were kicked out of their homes for not living up to their family's and/or community's expectations (with Pris holding the additional baggage of [[spoiler:being born to be a ReplacementGoldfish for her late "golden child" of an older sister]]), El and Lauren had a FriendlessBackground from their respective upbringings, Scott is bereaving his way into a corruption arc and was [[spoiler:questionably suicidal from grief]], and Cleo has the memories of countless lifetimes, [[spoiler:several of which involve {{Deadly Game}}s.]] Even then, [[LetsPlay/EmpiresSMP supplementary material]] reveals that Shelby herself had [[CharacterOverlap quite the colourful past]] as [[spoiler:an ex-outlaw who was briefly possessed by a malevolent Fog fueled by thousands of restless souls]].[[note]]Same content creator/actor as the Scott from Empires, but different character.[[/note]]

%%* Most of the characters on Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com.

*** The Season 2 characters don't have it much better either: False had her memory wiped and was banished to the Empires world [[spoiler:by her sister under the belief that she was dangerous, though the details are murky]], Joel has alleged to be the LastOfHisKind as gods, Katherine's kingdom was cursed to deteriorate from the time of her birth and is implied been blamed for it for years for the "crime" of being born, Oli's the SoleSurvivor of an adjacent server who gets "isekai'd" to the Empires world where his friends seemingly don't recognize him anymore, Sausage is a GenocideSurvivor with PastLifeMemories as his Season 1 incarnation [[spoiler:whose closest friend died in the aforementioned ApocalypseHow and spent the remainder of his life trying and failing to save her by time- and dimension-travelling]], among other traumatic incidents, and Shelby has been kicked out of school and branded a criminal for a complete and utter magical accident.

*** The Season 2 characters don't have it much better either: False had her memory wiped and was banished to the Empires world [[spoiler:by her sister under the belief that she was dangerous, though the details are murky]], Joel has alleged to be the LastOfHisKind as gods, Katherine's kingdom was cursed to deteriorate from the time of her birth and is implied been blamed for it for years for the "crime" of being born, Oli's the SoleSurvivor of an adjacent server who gets "isekai'd" to the Empires world where his friends seemingly don't recognize him anymore, Sausage is a GenocideSurvivor with PastLifeMemories as his Season 1 incarnation [[spoiler:who watched his closest friend die and spent the remainder of his life trying and failing to save her by time- and dimension-travelling]], among other traumatic incidents, and Shelby has been kicked out of school and branded a criminal for a complete and utter magical accident.

*** In Season 1, at least a third of the main cast goes through some form of trauma even ''before'' the events of the series: Lizzie and Jimmy have prophecy-induced IdentityAmnesia with implicit BackstoryHorror, Shrub fled to the Empires server after her home dimension was corrupted by the BigBad who was banished there[[note]]and [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom accidentally brings the villain back]] to the Empires world with her[[/note]] and is possibly the LastOfHerKind, and Scott was forced to step up as king after his older sibling got corrupted by the resident GodOfEvil, murdered their parents, and was banished to Shrub's home dimension.

*** The Season 2 characters don't have it much better either: False had her memory wiped and was banished to the Empires world [[spoiler:by her sister under the belief that she was dangerous, though the details are murky]], Joel has alleged to be the LastOfHisKind as gods, Katherine's kingdom was cursed to deteriorate from the time of her birth and is implied been blamed for it for years for the "crime" of being born, Oli's the SoleSurvivor of an adjacent server who gets "isekai'd" to the Empires world, Sausage is a GenocideSurvivor with PastLifeMemories as his Season 1 incarnation [[spoiler:who watched his closest friend die and spent the remainder of his life trying and failing to save her by time- and dimension-travelling]], among other traumatic incidents, and Shelby has been kicked out of school and branded a criminal for a complete and utter magical accident.

* ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'': Oh, where to start? Practically everyone on the server is traumatized in one way or another, whether by wars, betrayal, amnesia (in one way or another), abuse, toxic relationships, torture, deaths, etc. In fact, it's easier to list the perspective characters who ''are'' relatively well-adjusted and mentally healthy within the CrapsackWorld the roleplay series takes place in -- and that would be the characters who are either new to the server lore or otherwise mostly uninvolved in it. For reference, here's the [[https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/743832 Does the Dog Die page (spoilers in the link)]] for the DSMP, and the series is infamous in the greater Minecraft roleplay community for its bleak plotlines and requiring every other content warning in the book.